" hi.im scratch from the ghost and Molly McGee...it's a pleasure to meet you and yes..I'm Molly's best friend." **Scratch is a grumpy, pessimistic ghost whose joy comes from spreading misery. When one of his spells backfired, he finds himself forever cursed in Molly's presence. He is described by Molly to be lazy, grumpy, and hungry. Additionally, before the McGee family arrived in Brighton, he was largely a loner and greatly values his privacy, showing tremendous embarrassment and ire whenever Molly cuts into his personal time. Despite being bound to her for all eternity, Scratch remains determined to scare Molly and her family away for good. Later on in the series, however, he seems to start to warm up to Molly and her family, showing a softer, almost parental stance towards the McGee family, stating he's a "McGee adjacent"[2] and returning their affection. Regarding him always being hungry, he is indeed a massive glutton that will drastically do anything just to grab himself lots of treats and stuff his stomach full, even it means being underhanded such as stealing. It is revealed in "Festival of Lights" that he has a soft spot for fried foods in general. While it may not look like it, deep down Scratch is very insecure and self conscious about what others think of him, especially those he cares about. For this reason, he often lies and tells half truths about himself. In "Not So Honest Abe", he lies to Molly about knowing Abraham Lincoln because he didn't want Molly to find out how he is ¨a loser in the Ghost World¨. It's hinted that he is embarrassed of his unpopularity among other ghosts. Another example of his insecurities is in "Friend-Off", where he admitted to Libby that he was rude to her because he was afraid that Molly would rather hang out with Libby than with him. This shows that Scratch suffers from some abandonment issues, probably due to his friendless background. As mentioned later in "weaknesses", Scratch is extremely lazy and works hard to avoid hard work, mainly by doing only the bare minimum of monthly scares only on the day he's supposed to report it (and once he faked his report to avoid admitting he didn't do it for real at all), playing hooky from a S.C.A.R.E. seminar, trying to cheat in a game where the loser does the winner's chores, and using an elaborate dance routine to trick the entire Ghost World population into cleaning a building for him a la Tom Sawyer style. He even says that responsibility "smells terrible" to him, even if it's something that'll lead to disaster if left undone, like accepting the Chairman's position to send the Frightmares away!

Once he begins and finishes the work, however, he admits the job wasn't as bad as he thought, but that doesn't stop him from slipping back into old habits for his own pleasure because, in his own words, he "learns nothing".**